Title of Event: DJ Spooky (Paul Miller) discusses and signs Sound Unbound
When: Tuesday, January 6, 2009 7:00 PM
Location: DIESEL, A Bookstore OAKLAND
Description: DIESEL, A Bookstore in Oakland is pleased to welcome the renowned electronic DJ, DJ Spooky (Paul Miller), as he discusses and signs his new book, Sound Unbound: Sampling Digital Music and Culture.

ABOUT THE BOOK:
If Paul Miller’s previous book, Rhythm Science, was about the flow of things, Sound Unbound: Sampling Digital Music and Culture (MIT Press / 1 May 2008 / $29.95 paperback original with CD) is about the remix—how music, art, and literature have blurred the lines between what an artist can do and what a composer can create. In Sound Unbound, Paul Miller aka DJ Spooky that Subliminal Kid asks artists to describe their work and compositional strategies in their own words. These are reports from the front lines on the role of sound and digital media in an information-based society. —continued— The topics are as diverse as the contributors and include: • Composer Steve Reich offering a memoir of his life with technology, from tape loops to video opera • Novelist Jonathan Lethem writing about appropriation and plagiarism • Science fiction writer Bruce Sterling looking at dead media • Ron Eglash examining racial signifiers in electrical engineering • Media activist Naeem Mohaiemen exploring the influence of Islam on hip-hop • Rapper Chuck D contributing “Three Pieces” • Musician Brian Eno exploring the sound and history of bells • Hans Ulrich Obrist and Philippe Parreno interviewing composer-conductor Pierre Boulez “Press ‘play,’” Miller writes, “and this anthology says ‘here goes.’” The groundbreaking mix CD that accompanies the book features Nam Jun Paik, the Dada Movement, John Cage, Sonic Youth, and many other examples of avant-garde music. Most of the CD’s content comes from the archives of Sub Rosa, a legendary record label that has been the benchmark for archival sounds since the beginnings of electronic music.

ABOUT THE EDITOR:
Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky that Subliminal Kid is a conceptual artist, writer, and musician living and working in New York City. His artwork has appeared at the Whitney Biennial, the Venice Biennale for Architecture, the Andy Warhol Museum, and many other venues. His written work has appeared in such publications as the Village Voice and Artforum. His is the author of Rhythm Science. Sound Unbound: Sampling Digital Music and Culture Edited by Paul D Miller aka DJ Spooky that Subliminal Kid MIT Press.